TikTok, a mobile video app, announced that the company has hired attorney Erich Andersen from Microsoft to serve as the company’s global general counsel. Earlier, Andersen was Microsoft’s chief intellectual property counsel, where his role was to bring expertise in an area which is now a key concern to TikTok as it builds out its…
Happay appoints Ramesh Iyer as its President and Chief Revenue Officer. Earlier, he was the Managing Director of SAP Concur. Besides his experience in travel and expense management, Ramesh also has 27+ years of experience in IT and Telecom and has also served in senior roles with P&L responsibilities in the Tata Group. Commenting on…
Hexaware Technologies Ltd, provider of IT, BPO and consulting services has announced the appointment of Vishwanath Joshi as its new Chief People Officer. Joshi to replace Amberin Memon who retired after serving 25 years in the company. Joshi joins Hexaware from Great Place to Work, India where he was the Practice Head, involved in driving…
Krishna Raghavan has been appointed as Chief HR Officer of Flipkart. The decision was taken a few months after Smriti Singh resigned from the position. The e-commerce major has found a replacement from within its leadership team. Currently, Krishna Raghavan is the senior vice president of engineering at Flipkart. He will be taking charge of…
Meritor, Inc. announced the appointment of Chris Villavarayan as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Villavarayan, 49, has served as senior vice president and president of Meritor’s Global Truck segment since January 2018. In this new position, Villavarayan will have global operating responsibility for both of Meritor’s business segments, Global Truck…
Vyaire Medical, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Gaurav Agarwal as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Agarwal succeeds Dave Eckley, who is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer, but will remain on the company’s Board of Directors. Agarwal brings to Vyaire Medical extensive global leadership experience in medical devices and a proven…
McAfee, LLC, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, announced that its Board of Managers has appointed Peter Leav to the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective February 3, 2020. Leav will succeed Chris Young, who has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer of McAfee. Young will remain at McAfee in an advisory role to assist…
Incuspaze, a chain of co- working spaces, successfully operating across tier one and tier two cities in India, is delighted to announce the appointment of Mohit Srivastava as its Chief Operating Officer. With over 19 years of experience in building and scaling businesses, Mohit would be instrumental in furthering Incuspaze’s growth in the Indian subcontinent.…
GE T&D India appoints Pitamber Shivnani as its company’s new Chief Executive Officer & President, GE Grid Solutions South Asia. Pitamber to replace Sunil Wadhwa, who left the company last year to pursue opportunities outside GE. As part of this role, Pitamber Shivnani will be managing GE’s Grid Solutions markets for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,…
Xoriant, a Silicon Valley headquartered product engineering, software development and technology services company, has announced the appointment of Hari Haran as President and Chief Revenue Officer. Hari Haran brings 30 years of experience in IT Products, Software, Digital Transformation, Networking, Communications, Wireless, and Product Engineering Services. He will lead Xoriant’s sales and business development teams,…
The State Bank of India (SBI), the largest lender of the country has announced Prashant Kumar as their Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In 1983, Kumar joined SBI as Probationary Officer and since then he has held various important positions in Bank. Kumar is a Science graduate, he also pursued Law from Delhi University. He has diverse experience in various areas of banking…
James Gemmell has been appointed as Chief Human Resource Officer for Akamai. Genmmell, is a former Cisco executive and he brings over 25 years of global HR experience within high-growth organizations. Gemmell will lead Akamai’s global HR strategy including employee development, talent acquisition, inclusion and diversity, and compensation and benefits. He will report to…
Britannia Industries has appointed Varun Berry, the former CEO of PepsiCo Foods, as COO (Chief Operating Officer). In his new role Varun would be reporting to Vinita Bali, MD and CEO. Varun had quit PepsiCo last year after having a 18 year stint with the company. In PepsiCo, he has worked across the business…
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a leading global financial services firm, has appointed Saurav Chatterjee, formerly of Morgan Stanley, as Managing Director in the company’s Equity Capital Markets division. Based in Hong Kong, Saurav would be responsible for leading the cash equity sales team and expanding the firm’s equities trading business in Japan. He reports to…